Lamentations 1:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 1:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 1:4 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her vir..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 1:4 — KJV
“The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.”
— Lamentations 1:4 (KJV)
Lamentations 1:4 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 1:4
“And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:4: because, come, gates
“And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:4: mourn, because, come
“But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:4: none, come, priests
“And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:4: ways, zion, come
“And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. desolate: or, emptied: Heb. cleansed”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 1:4: mourn, gates, desolate
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